BlinkMobile Interactive Signs First NZ Council

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BlinkMobile Interactive, an Australian headquartered Mobile
Enterprise Application Platform (MEAP) provider, today
announced its continued expansion into New Zealand with the
signing of an agreement through its partnership with
Vodafone New Zealand, for the provision of its Blink
Mobility Platform to Auckland Council.

BlinkMobile’s
award winning Enterprise Mobility Platform will enable
Auckland Council to mobilise information and services across
the organisation on a variety of devices, including
smartphones, tablets and laptops.

Tony Harris, Director
and Chief Sales Officer, BlinkMobile Interactive, said,
“Auckland Council is the first council in New Zealand to
sign with BlinkMobile and we are delighted that it has
recognised the business benefits that the platform is able
to achieve in relation to greater employee productivity and
improved customer service.”

“We are now in the
position of providing the mobility platform for both
Auckland Council and Brisbane City Council, the two largest
local government authorities in the southern hemisphere. We
are thrilled to have been given the opportunity and
responsibility to work with both councils to provide
world-class solutions to benefit ratepayers,” concluded
Harris.About BlinkMobile
InteractiveBlinkMobile Interactive is an
Australian-headquartered Mobile Enterprise Application
Platform (MEAP) provider whose robust global deployment
capabilities combined with a highly innovative architecture
enables enterprise and government organisations to rapidly
and reliably build, deploy and manage many types of mobile
applications across the widest range of devices and
operating systems.

The BlinkMobile Platform is a
hosted, cost-effective, single development and management
environment that speeds development time by offering
advanced features as pre-built modules, while simplifying
the integration of both internal and customer-facing
services to deliver highly customised, powerful and
intuitive, activity-based apps for any number of users.

BlinkMobile provides enterprise mobility solutions
to local, state and federal government department as well as
to airport, construction, logistics, education, healthcare
and finance organisations. These customers are supported
through a range of partners, large and small, who bring
their own industry knowledge and skills to our mobility
platform. www.blinkmobile.com.au

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